Matchmaker--Matchmaker: Older-Child Adoption Failures.

Bass, Celia

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Matchmaker--Matchmaker: Older-Child Adoption Failures

Bass, Celia

Child Welfare, 54, 7, 505-512, Jul 75

The California Survey by Bass and Mazur shows that with increasing age of the child, the probability of adoption failure increases. For success in adoptive placements of children, ages 2-12, it is suggested that agencies try innovative approaches in preparing the child and in selecting the adopting family. (GO)

Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption (Ideas), Agency Role, Family Characteristics, Innovation, Statistical Surveys

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